1plistutil(1)                General Commands Manual               plistutil(1)
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NAME

6       plistutil  -  Convert  a  plist FILE from binary to XML format or vice-
7       versa
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SYNOPSIS

10       plistutil [OPTIONS] [-i FILE] [-o FILE]
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DESCRIPTION

13       plistutil allows to convert a file in Property List format from  binary
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OPTIONS

17       -i, --infile FILE
18              Input  FILE to convert from. If this argument is omitted or - is
19              passed as filename, plistutil will read from stdin.
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21       -o, --outfile FILE
22              Output FILE to convert to. If this argument is omitted or  -  is
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25       -f, --format [bin|xml]
26              Force output format, regardless of input type. This is useful if
27              the input format is not known,  but  the  output  format  should
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30       -h, --help
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EXAMPLES

40       plistutil -i test.plist -o out.plist
41              Convert  test.plist  and write to out.plist. If test.plist is in
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45       plistutil -i test.plist -o out.plist -f bin
46              Same as before, but the output will always be in binary format.
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51       plistutil -i test.plist -f xml -o -
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54       cat test.plist |plistutil -f xml
55              Take  plist data from stdin - piped via cat - and write the out‐
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AUTHORS

59       Zach C.
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61       Martin Szulecki
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63       Nikias Bassen
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ON THE WEB

66       https://libimobiledevice.org
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68       https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist
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